This rather angry looking, Mickey Mouse dress-a-like (and going by the description is also famously dead) character sits on the side of the Settles Freeway close to its end in South End. I've Googled and surfed the net a bit but couldn't find anything remotely related to him so I have no idea who or what he … Continue reading Freeway graffiti
Tag: roads
Damage on the Dip
During the recent flooding Port Elizabeth endured the road at the 3rd Avenue Dip was damaged which led to its closure. This in turn led to major traffic disruptions on the William Moffet Expressway, specially during morning traffic. The Damselfly uses the Dip to get to both her work and the Kidz's school and her regular 20 minute drive took her … Continue reading Damage on the Dip
Elands River Road
The Elands River Road links the Rocklands area with the Gamtoos Valley just outside Patensie. The majority of the road is a gravel road but the route it follows through the Elands River Valley is very beautiful and well worth making a day or weekend trip out of, staying over in either of the two … Continue reading Elands River Road
Unfinished freeway
The freeway off ramp on Settlers Freeway which goes nowhere. In yesterday's post on the Green Mosque I mentioned that the mosque was due to be demolished according to the Groups Areas Act and that they wanted a freeway off ramp to run across the land. This is how close they got to doing it.
Flooding on Seaview Road
Whenever we have excessive rain in Port Elizabeth the 3rd Avenue Dip is the first road that gets closed. When Port Elizabeth has manor flooding, like we've had twice in the last three weeks, one of the roads that get the worst effected is the Seaview Road at the Deer Park turnoff. There is no river that … Continue reading Flooding on Seaview Road
Two wheel track
The back seats on an open game viewing vehicle may be the most bumpy but it also offers the best view not just of animals but the surrounding countryside. In this case while my fellow game viewers were watching a couple of zebra I was hanging out the back trying to get a nice picture … Continue reading Two wheel track
Somerset West ghost hill
When I was in primary school we went on a school tour to Cape Town and one of the places we visited was the ghost hill in Somerset West. I remember how the teacher parked the school bus on the hill, switched it off and let go of the hand brake, making the bus free … Continue reading Somerset West ghost hill
Chapman’s Peak Drive
Chapman's Peak Drive as seen from Noordhoek Beach.Spending 9 days in the Cape during the Summer holidays I had the opportunity to drive along Champan's Peak Drive on two occasions and just realised again why it is seen as one of the most scenic coastal drives in the world. Chapman's Peak Drive winds its was … Continue reading Chapman’s Peak Drive
Evening beachfront traffic
Traffic along Marine Drive on the Port Elizabeth beachfront just after sundown
Knysna forest roads
The are two ways of exploring the indigenous forests around Knysna, by car and on foot. Several forest roads take one all over the forests surrounding Knysna from down by the Knysna River up to Gouna, across to Millwood and over the Prince Alfred Pass. The road in the picture is called Kom se Pad.The best way to … Continue reading Knysna forest roads
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